Overall view before restoration. Despite the high quality of the cast, several hundred repair patches have been observed. Eros of Agde, France, 1st century BCE, H. 63.5 cm (Musée de l’Ephèbe et d’Archéologie Sous-Marine de la Ville d’Agde, France, inv. 2888). See Mille, Benoît. 2012. “The Casting Techniques of Antique South Arabian Large Bronze Statues.” In Scientific Research on Ancient Asian Metallurgy: Proceedings of Fifth Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 28–29/10/2010, edited by P. Jett, B. McCarthy, and J. G. Douglas, 225–47. London: Archetype..